Kristi

Where Kristi comes from

The dictionaries list Kristi as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Christina, variant of Christie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #3,208 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Kristi Noem born
    American politician
  3. 1975
    Kristi Harrower born
    Australian basketball player
  4. 1978
    Peak, #98
    2,992 babies named Kristi — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #195.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Christina, variant of Christie.
Namesakes
  • Kristi Noem · American politician, born 1971
  • Kristi Harrower · Australian basketball player, born 1975
  • Kristi Castlin · American hurdler, born 1988
  • Kristi Vangjeli · Albanian footballer, born 1985
  • Kristi Myst · American pornographic actress, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.